Principles of Nursing Practice 3

Catalog description

This course provides clinical, lab, and simulation experiences designed to enhance the students’ ability to use the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to provide holistic patient-centered care to adults, obstetrical patients, newborn, child and adolescent. Students are provided the opportunity to utilize critical thinking, the nursing process, nursing skills, and management skills in various health care inpatient and community settings. Clinical, simulation and laboratory experiences are selected to provide opportunities for students to strengthen assessment skills and make appropriate nursing decisions using the nursing process in caring for the adult, childbearing and child rearing family. The student will apply the knowledge, skills and attitudes needed to provide evidence-based, safe, effective quality care to patients experiencing alterations in health in the lab, simulation, and healthcare facility.